Languages: 简体中文 Spain and all other Member States have put forward one common EU candidate, Pilar Jurado, Director General of Spanish Customs and Excise Department, for the election to the post of Secretary General of the World Customs Organization in June 2018. More information on Pilar Jurado

European Union leaders have expressed deep sadness at the death Thursday of Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of the most prominent human rights defenders in China, and called for all prisoners of conscience in China to be released.

The European Union will stick to the implementation of the Paris Agreement. HRVP Mogherini and all the EU institutions united and reconfirmed their commitment to fight climate change after the US administration decided to withdraw from the deal.

/file/international-day-elimination-violence-against-women-0_enInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Violence against women and girls still takes place every day, inside and outside the European Union. This violation of human rights is pervasive and has many different faces: it happens regardless of social background, whether at home, at work, at school, in the street, playing sports or online. It

The 13th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FMM13) took place between 21 and 22 November in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, gathering Ministers of Foreign Affairs from across Europe and Asia, with the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini as coordinator for the European group.

/file/international-day-end-impunity-crimes-against-journalists-0_enInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Video of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

November 2nd is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Information comes to us at a price- journalists are persecuted, detained and even killed. An independent and free media are a basis of democracy. An attack on journalists is an attack on democracy. Any impunity for

As two of the three biggest economies and leading traders in the world, the EU and China have a deep and comprehensive partnership. Having established official diplomatic ties in 1975, the EU and China can now build on a broad-based framework of bilateral relations.

The voice of the European Union and its people is heard all around the world. From Asia and the Pacific to Africa, Europe and Central Asia, from the Greater Middle East to the Americas, the European Union’s diplomatic network runs wide and deep to all corners of the globe, making a difference when

It is time to stop taking our oceans for granted and start taking better care of this precious resource and delicate eco-systems that have taken millions of years of form. All of us share responsibility to keep our oceans healthy. Regions: Asia China North Korea South Korea Pacific Australia New